Really enjoyed this because you covered quite a lot of ground.
Just a few thoughts:
I only attended one Super League match this season when DC Power hosted Brooklyn at Audi Field in March.
I realize that it was the inaugural year but with DC United trying to stick it to the Spirit (just my opinion based on what I’ve heard locally)—my match day experience was subpar. Not by a little. By a lot.
The sales kiosks had inaccurate information on what gate to purchase tickets. They had already played the fall season. It should not been so hard for me to spend $40 to buy a walk-up ticket to watch a team that most people ins our area do not know that exists. I very politely communicated to the staff my disappointment with that. I missed the kick off possibly the line up announcements.
To then sit in a cavernous stadium. Despite having drawn youth clubs to the match, the supposed 1300 at the stadium gave a competitive match the feeling of a minor event at a major venue. Usually not a good look.
I think DC Power re-imaging and changing the crest was an improvement over what they were originally going to go with.
DC being half-heartedly involved with the project is typical of the overlap of leagues operating in US soccer. It leaves me with more questions than answers
Men’s side or women’s side. What are we doing and why are we doing it?
One wonders if the rush to start the USL Super League was two-fold: to compete against and forestall further NWSL expansion, and to bank the first year of the "two years in operation" that CONCACAF requires in order to give any pro women's league spots in the Champions League competition? So USL-S is hoping to be included in the 2027 edition of CONCACAF, which would also nicely tie in with all the World Cup hoopla around that time?
The president of the USL Super League was just interviewed on the Protagonist Podcast. Everyone should take a listen. While some of the worthy questions Kartik posed were not asked/addressed, there is some other relevant and interesting info.
Really enjoyed this because you covered quite a lot of ground.
Just a few thoughts:
I only attended one Super League match this season when DC Power hosted Brooklyn at Audi Field in March.
I realize that it was the inaugural year but with DC United trying to stick it to the Spirit (just my opinion based on what I’ve heard locally)—my match day experience was subpar. Not by a little. By a lot.
The sales kiosks had inaccurate information on what gate to purchase tickets. They had already played the fall season. It should not been so hard for me to spend $40 to buy a walk-up ticket to watch a team that most people ins our area do not know that exists. I very politely communicated to the staff my disappointment with that. I missed the kick off possibly the line up announcements.
To then sit in a cavernous stadium. Despite having drawn youth clubs to the match, the supposed 1300 at the stadium gave a competitive match the feeling of a minor event at a major venue. Usually not a good look.
I think DC Power re-imaging and changing the crest was an improvement over what they were originally going to go with.
DC being half-heartedly involved with the project is typical of the overlap of leagues operating in US soccer. It leaves me with more questions than answers
Men’s side or women’s side. What are we doing and why are we doing it?
One wonders if the rush to start the USL Super League was two-fold: to compete against and forestall further NWSL expansion, and to bank the first year of the "two years in operation" that CONCACAF requires in order to give any pro women's league spots in the Champions League competition? So USL-S is hoping to be included in the 2027 edition of CONCACAF, which would also nicely tie in with all the World Cup hoopla around that time?
Excellent post. Thank you.
The president of the USL Super League was just interviewed on the Protagonist Podcast. Everyone should take a listen. While some of the worthy questions Kartik posed were not asked/addressed, there is some other relevant and interesting info.
https://open.spotify.com/show/2VCcvJK493KwhKwDPNt8Cl
Thanks a lot for sharing. I will definitely check it out this weekend.
I remember seeing league rankings of womens league around the world and USLS was ranked at 15th.